Slide: IL_1_17

Sio style sherd. CAUTION: Section less than 30microns. Closely packed pyroxene grains are about 0.3 mm in length. There are some altered volcanic rock fragments and iron oxides. Small angular plagioclase grains are accessory.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr274 - Huon pyroxenic

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Sio4_1 Sio4_1
Sherd 4/1 from Sio (New Guinea). Slide IL_1_17 from I Lilley. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 4/1

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Sio (New Guinea)

Suspected origin site: Huon

References:

Prehistoric exchange in the Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea (Lilley, I.)